David Casso

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

David Casso is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Casso has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in David Casso's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (4 papers). David Casso is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (4 papers). David Casso collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. David Casso's co-authors include David Beach, Gregory J. Hannon, Ryûji Kobayashi, Yue Xiong, Hui Zhang, Thomas B. Kornberg, Felipe-Andrés Ramı́rez-Weber, Christopher C. Franklin, I Diamond and Laura E. Nagy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David Casso

17 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

p21 is a universal inhibitor of cyclin kinases 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. p21 is a universal inhibitor of cyclin kinases
    1993 2.9k citations Yue Xiong, Gregory J. Hannon et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Casso United States 14 2.8k 2.2k 516 510 381 17 3.9k
Masako Ikeda Japan 19 2.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 440 0.9× 394 0.8× 339 0.9× 34 3.8k
Toshinori Ozaki Japan 41 4.2k 1.5× 1.9k 0.9× 960 1.9× 811 1.6× 375 1.0× 157 5.5k
Hayla K. Sluss United States 19 3.7k 1.3× 2.0k 0.9× 744 1.4× 695 1.4× 207 0.5× 25 4.8k
Annie Dutriaux France 14 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 489 0.9× 497 1.0× 238 0.6× 25 3.1k
Francesca Bernassola Italy 37 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 647 1.3× 347 0.7× 271 0.7× 71 4.2k
Olga Chernova United States 27 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 565 1.1× 310 0.6× 186 0.5× 42 3.7k
Susan Erster United States 13 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 422 0.8× 207 0.4× 480 1.3× 15 3.2k
Chunying Yang United States 33 3.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 606 1.2× 414 0.8× 139 0.4× 79 4.2k
Randal S. Tibbetts United States 29 4.1k 1.5× 2.0k 0.9× 984 1.9× 656 1.3× 131 0.3× 44 5.1k
Sheldon Rowan United States 31 2.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 344 0.7× 346 0.7× 300 0.8× 57 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by David Casso

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Casso

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Casso

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Casso. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Casso based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Casso. David Casso is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Casso, David, Songmei Liu, Brian Biehs, & Thomas B. Kornberg. (2012). Expression and Characterization of Drosophila Signal Peptide Peptidase-Like (sppL), a Gene That Encodes an Intramembrane Protease. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33827–e33827. 4 indexed citations
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Casso, David, Brian Biehs, & Thomas B. Kornberg. (2010). A Novel Interaction Between hedgehog and Notch Promotes Proliferation at the Anterior–Posterior Organizer of the Drosophila Wing. Genetics. 187(2). 485–499. 16 indexed citations
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Casso, David, et al.. (2008). A Screen for Modifiers of Hedgehog Signaling inDrosophila melanogasterIdentifiesswmandmts. Genetics. 178(3). 1399–1413. 18 indexed citations
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Ogden, Stacey K., David Casso, Manuel Ascano, et al.. (2006). Smoothened Regulates Activator and Repressor Functions of Hedgehog Signaling via Two Distinct Mechanisms. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(11). 7237–7243. 16 indexed citations
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Casso, David, Soichi Tanda, Brian Biehs, Bruno Martoglio, & Thomas B. Kornberg. (2005). Drosophila Signal Peptide Peptidase Is an Essential Protease for Larval Development. Genetics. 170(1). 139–148. 42 indexed citations
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Casso, David, Felipe-Andrés Ramı́rez-Weber, & Thomas B. Kornberg. (2000). GFP-tagged balancer chromosomes for Drosophila melanogaster. Mechanisms of Development. 91(1-2). 451–454. 106 indexed citations
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Ramı́rez-Weber, Felipe-Andrés, David Casso, Pedro Aza‐Blanc, Tetsuya Tabata, & Thomas B. Kornberg. (2000). Hedgehog Signal Transduction in the Posterior Compartment of the Drosophila Wing Imaginal Disc. Molecular Cell. 6(2). 479–485. 39 indexed citations
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Casso, David, Felipe-Andrés Ramı́rez-Weber, & Thomas B. Kornberg. (1999). GFP-tagged balancer chromosomes for Drosophila melanogaster. Mechanisms of Development. 88(2). 229–232. 158 indexed citations
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Casso, David & David Beach. (1996). A mutation in a thioredoxin reductase homolog suppresses p53-induced growth inhibition in the fission yeastSchizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 252(5). 518–529. 64 indexed citations
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Casso, David & David Beach. (1996). A mutation in a thioredoxin reductase homolog suppresses p53-induced growth inhibition in the fission yeast. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 252(5). 518–518. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, H, Greg Hannon, David Casso, & Dvora Beach. (1994). p21 Is a Component of Active Cell Cycle Kinases. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 59(0). 21–29. 34 indexed citations
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Hannon, Gregory J., David Casso, & David Beach. (1994). KAP: a dual specificity phosphatase that interactswith cyclin-dependent kinases.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(5). 1731–1735. 121 indexed citations
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Xiong, Yue, Gregory J. Hannon, Hui Zhang, et al.. (1993). p21 is a universal inhibitor of cyclin kinases. Nature. 366(6456). 701–704. 2942 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bischoff, James R., David Casso, & David Beach. (1992). Human p53 Inhibits Growth in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(4). 1405–1411. 26 indexed citations
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Bischoff, James R., David Casso, & David Beach. (1992). Human p53 inhibits growth in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(4). 1405–1411. 70 indexed citations
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Nagy, Laura E., I Diamond, David Casso, Christopher C. Franklin, & Adrienne S. Gordon. (1990). Ethanol increases extracellular adenosine by inhibiting adenosine uptake via the nucleoside transporter.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(4). 1946–1951. 225 indexed citations
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Nagy, Laura E., David Casso, I Diamond, & Adrienne S. Gordon. (1989). Regulation of adenosine transport by acute and chronic ethanol exposure. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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